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Secretariat Releases 2 New Translations Of Ordinary
TWO NEW translations of
parts of the Ordinary of the
Mass have been released by
the Secretariat for the Inter
national Committee on Eng
lish in the Liturgy.
The traslations are not
official in the sense that they
may now be used in liturgical
celebrations.
They have been published in
order to obtain international
criticism and suggestions.
Father Gerald J. Sigler, the
secretary of the Committee,
said that next June 30 is the
deadline for comments and sug
gestions on the texts, which
were simultaneously published
in New York and London.
"Every attempt is being made
to elicit the assistance of qua
lified people in each country,"
he said in his announcement,
"The response to this book
let and to another on psalms,
prefaces and prayers, now in
preparation, will in large part
determine the work of creating
a (unified) English version of
the liturgy."
"Father Sigler emphasized
the desire of the committee
for suggestions from the laity.
The announcement stressed
the ecumenical implications of
the new translations and the
work of evaluation.
"Other Christian churches,
especially those with strong li
turgical heritages, are anxious
to explore with us the possi-
' bilities for a common trans
lation of the creeds, the psal
ter, and the lectionary," he
said.
The Liturgy Commission of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta will
study the new texts at its next
meeting, Wednesday, April 20.
Guests will be invited to par
ticipate in the discussion.
It is planned to invite repre
sentatives of the Catholic laity,
Sisters and of educational insti
tutions in the Atlanta area. The
Commission plans to invite
members of other churches to
evaluate the texts and make
suggestions.
The International Committee
on English in the Liturgy, com
monly referred to as the Com
mon Market, has been mandated
by the Episcopal Conferences of
all ^English-speaking nations to
work a common English version
of liturgical texts.
The work is estimated to take
three to five years.
Countries participating are;
Australia, Canada, England and
Wales, India, Ireland, New Zea
land, Pakistan, Scotland, South
Africa, the United States. Arch
bishop Paul J. Hallinan, of At
lanta, and Auxiliary Bishop
John J. Dougherty of Newark
are the American members of
the Committee. Archbishop
Gordon Gray of :St. Andrews
and Edinburgh, Scotland, is the
chairman and Archbishop Guil
ford Young of Hobart, Austra
lia, and Archbishop George
Dwyer, Birmingham, Eng
land, are vice-chairmen.
American members of the
advisory committee are Fa
thers Godfrey Diekmann and
Frederick McManus and Pro
fessor G.B. Harrison of the
University of Michigan.
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VOL. IV, NO. 14
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1966
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LORD FISHER
LA Y CONGRESS
Unification
Is Said Goal
. LONDON (NC)—Talk of "uni
fication" of the Christian chur
ches is today a hindrance to the
movement for Christian unity,
according to Lord Fisher of
Lambeth, the former Arch
bishop of Canterbury.
i The Anglican prelate in a
letter to The Times (April 2)
took issue with ecumenists who
speak of unification and mean
by it "the general absorption
of all the churches into one
visible organization."
"The introduction of that
word at this stage does not
help but does hinder growth
in unify by bringing in an idea
which has not yet been serious
ly examined in the ecumenical
movement."
Lord Fisher, who in Decem
ber of 1960 became the first
Archbishop of Canterbury to
visit a pope in over four cen
turies, said the only kind of
union now of interest to all
churches is full communion.
This is the situation in which
two or more churches enter
"full sacramental fellowship
with one another” yet retain
their own separate freedoms,
he said.
THE ARCHBISHOP
ded by saying:
conclu-
"As Pope John XXIII and
(Augustin) Cardinal Bea (head
of the Vatican secretariat for
Christian unity) have helped
Christendom to realize, all the
churches are already united
in that one Catholic Church by
the unifying power of the one
Baptism into Christ and His
Church. It is constantly said
that meetings between churches
and churchmen help us on the
road to unity. It is far more
true and significant to say that
all such meetings only help
because they are meetings in
the unity of the one Church and
in the unity of the one Holy
Spirit."
SCOUT LEADERS who planned meeting locally.
CHAPLAINS TO A TTEND
Scouting Meeting
Set Four Days Here
Some 150 Chaplains and Dio
cesan lay chairman concerned
with the Catholic Committee
on Scouting are expected in At
lanta next week for a four day
conference headed by -the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Gregory L. Moo
ney, chairman of the Chap
lain’s committee and Mr. Ja
mes T. Griffin, chairman of the
Laymen’s .Committee.
The meetings which will open
on Monday night at the Dinkier
Plaza Hotel will be welcomed
by the Rev. Richard B. Mor
row, the Archdiocesan Mode
rator on Scouting, and Mr. Fre
derick J. Stokes, Laymen’s
chairman. Workshops on the Ad
Altare Dei award, diocesan pro-
"THE CATACOMBS," a name popularly given to the hugh storage area under Lenox Square was
the scene occasionally for daily Mass during Lent whenever the Auditorium was in use. Above
Archbishop Hallinan is pictured in an unusual shot which shows "Santa’s reindeers" in storage
awaiting next year’s call. Yesterday was the final day of Lent’s Mass-on-the-Mall.
SHARE PLATFORM
Cardinal And Methodist
Talk Over Church Role
gramming, and business meet
ings will occupy the three full
day convention.
Concelebrated Masses for the
Chaplains will take place every
day' and the final day (Thursday)
will feature an Honor’s banquet
presided over by Archbishop
Hallinan.
Rector Named
CLENDALE, OHIO (NC) —
Father Raymond Orlett has
been appointed rector of Our
Lady of the Fields Seminary
here by Father Robert Berson,
superior general of the Glen-
marv Fathers.
• See picture page 3
BALTIMORE— Baltimore’s
cardinal and the president of the
World Methodist Council shared
a platform in the Catholic Cen
ter here to discuss the role
of the Church in the modern
world.
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
and Bishop Fred Pierce Cor
son of Philadelphia appeared at
an ecumenical assembly spon
sored by a new interfaith group
of 11 downtown churches head
ed by an Episcopalian priest.
Cardinal Shehan spoke of the
"duty of active service and of
vital witness" which the Church
and all its members have.
YET, he said, while making
a Contribution to the world and
benefitting from it, "the Church
has a single intention: that God’s
kingdom may come, and that
the salvation of the whole hu
man race may come to pass.”
Bishop Corson, who was an
observer at the Vatican Coun
cil, predicted that the Church’s
role in the world will be stron
ger because of the council’s
actions.
He took note of criticism of
the council’s pace, saying: “The
council was not a debating so
ciety. It did move slowly, too
slowlv for some, but the wis
dom of Gad was in its move
ment. The tragedy would have
been in moving too fast.”
HE SAID Protestants could
take a profitable look at how
they might follow the renewal
ot the Catholic Church.
In his speech, the cardinal
asked, "What can the Church
contribute to the world of to
day?" He answered:
“First, the Church has the
power and the duty to reveal
to the world the mystery of God,
who is the ultimate goal of
/.WEB" JERSEY
i
man—and thus she can speak
to modern man of the meaning
of his own existence.
"But the Church can and
must render service not only
to the human individual biitalso
to society—to the humanfamily.
"The Church further recog
nizes that worthy elements are
found in today's social move
ments, especially an evolution
toward unity, a process of
wholesome socialization and of
association in civic and econo
mic realms."
Priest, Minister
Share The Altar
HOHOKUS, NJ. (NC) — Ca
tholic priests and Protestant
ministers shared the altar at
St. Luke’s Catholic Church here
to lead an interreligious ser
vice for Christian unity.
Initiative for the service
came from Msgr. William J.
Duffy, pastor of St. Luke’s.
Clergymen from four other
churches participated, taking
turns in. leading prayers espe
cially composed for the occa
sion, including a litany which
begged God for forgiveness for
the divisions in Christianity.
MSGR. Duffy and the Rev. J.
Earl Starkey, pastor of the
Waldwich Methodist Church,
both preached.
"We must never allow our
selves to sink back into the
pettiness that kills love and
kills unity," Msgr. Duffy said.
Parish
Delegates
Conduct Meetings
Over Archdiocese
PARISH delegates to t)ie Lay
Congress of the Archdiocese of
Atlanta and alternates have Con
ducted meetings in practically
every parish of the Archdiocese
to explain the purpose of. the
Congress, and to invite sugges
tions from members of each
parish concerning the post-Va
tican II Church in North
Georgia.
The full, voting session of the
Congress will be held on May
20 and 21 at the Biltmore Hotel
in Atlanta, with a final session
on May 22 probably at the Ca
thedral Center.
James Callison, of Most
Blessed Sacrament Parish, is
President of Congress. He an
nounced this week a time-table
for events leading up to the
Congress:
SUGGESTIONS from each pa
rish to be mailed by April 5,
concerning the preliminary re
ports which have been filed by
the Ad hoc (temporary) lay
committees in the general areas
of education, administration and
future expansion and develop
ment. Other topics may also be
suggested to the Congress, ac
cording to Mr. Callison, if they
represent a consensus of group
thinking and discussion and are
submitted through the elected
delegates.
By April 19, the preliminary
reports will be re-drafted by
the full committees (of elected
delegates) on education, ad
ministration, and future deve
lopment, in light of suggestions
developed at the parish meet
ings.
On May 3, delegates will
mail suggestions to the com
mittees concerning the revised
reports.
AT'THE MAY 20-21-22 full
Congress meeting, the final
committee reports and such
other suggestions as are pro
perly submitted and reported
out to the floor of the Congress,
will be debated, voted upon
and passed as formal re
commendations by the laity to
the Archbishop and the clergy.
While the laity of the Arch
diocese are meeting in parish
gatherings, at the formal Con
gress’ Committee meetings,
and finally at the Lay Congress
in May, priests and religious
will also be meeting to consider
their own suggestions. Pastors
and their assistants have been
urged to meet with their own
parishioners to consider the
implications of the Second Va
tican Council.
The final step will be Arch
diocesan Synod, to be called
later, which will consider the
laity’s proposals and make the
ultimate decisions concerning
them and the proposals of the
Sisters and the priests' own
committees.
DELEGATES, alternates, —
an all the laity — must be fa
miliar with the documents of
Vatican II. "Without a full un
derstanding of those documents
and their spirit,” said Mr.
Callison, "we cannot properly
fulfill our obligations before
and at the Lay Congress."
Several courses of study con
cerning the documents have al
ready been held. Several addi
tional sessions have now been
scheduled at Ignatius House.
JAMES NAUGHTON, a member of St. Mark's parish, Catonsville, Md., asks a question of
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan (back to camera) during the Cardinal’s visit to offer Mass and
answer questions proposed by the people in a meeting after Mass. Such parish visitations,
opening lines of communication between the people and their bishop, are scheduled to
continue through May.